Hi Nate, Love those links. Especially the 2nd one. I've decided to buy the drill set for my test bench. It should come in handy when tuning my TX-RX 28-37-02. Drilling more holes in the duplexer should make it work "more better", or maybe "less worse".
Also, I have an IFR 1200S that's running a tad bit warm. I think I'll drill some holes into that to, and see if the performance improves. Don, KD9PT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Duehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Advanced Receiver Research Preamp 144-148 > On 2/9/07, Don Kupferschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For those who are inquiring minds and not up to all of the terminology, >> what >> is a "golden screwdriver"? > > The golden screwdriver is either: > > 1. The device used by a novice/idiot to "screw something up". > 2. Sometimes also used as a reference to an award for doing same (e.g. > "the Golden Screwdriver award for blowing up the power supply by > wiring it up backwards goes to...")... > > In other words, if someone "golden screwdrivered" something -- they > didn't know what they were doing and mis-tuned it, mis-aligned it, > installed it wrong, or otherwise just totally screwed it up... > sometimes beyond all hope, sometimes repairable. > > In this case, it sounds like someone who didn't know what they were > doing was messing with a duplexer on-site, which led to the repeater > owner/operator having to remove the system from service, take the > duplexer to someone with proper test gear, and having it re-tuned > properly for his frequencies. > > Some clubs go so far as to issue Golden Screwdriver awards each year: > <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/sscspot/2001/0321/index.html> > > And stuff like this makes it all the more fun to do that: > <http://www.amazon.com/PB-Phillips-Tipped-Screwdriver-interchangeable/dp/B0002GF5XY> > > And in the workplace it goes hand in hand with the long-running joke > between field support staff and engineers... "Never let the engineer > touch/bring a screwdriver to the field! > > Nate WY0X > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > !DSPAM:1016,45ccfe93699111342210631! > >
